Out of the bunker

AUTHOR(S)

Bright, Martin

PUB. DATE

October 2008

SOURCE

New Statesman;10/13/2008, Vol. 137 Issue 4918, p12

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

In this article the author examines the political response in Great Britain to the financial crisis of October 2008. He comments on the response of prime minister Gordon Brown, suggesting that his plan to bailout British banks was the correct course of action but that he lacked the capacity to make decisions quickly.